Mikaela Shiffrin exorcises her Olympic demons and wins the gold medal in the Women’s Slalom for her first medal since 2018 and had the widest margin of victory in any Olympic Alpine Skiing Event since 1998.

Gus Schumacher and Ben Odgen of Landgrove, Vermont won the United States’s first ever silver medal in the Men’s Team Sprint Free Final for Cross-Country Skiing.

Slow day for medals, but the competition is fast and fierce on Day 5.

We start off today with Ryan Cochran-Siegle of Starksboro, VT bouncing back after a disappointing finish in the Alpine Skiing Downhill with him defending his silver medal from 2022 in the Super-G.

It is Day 1 of the Winter Olympics 2026. The games will feel like that have truly begun after today.